Armen Berjikly graduated with honors with a Bachelors in Computer Science from Stanford University. His primary research focus was Human-Computer Interaction, where he worked closely with professor Clifford Nass. He went on to obtain a Master's Degree from Stanford in Management Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Organizations, Technology and Entrepreneurship. Armen was also a Mayfield Fellow, a prestigious fellowship that provides intensive training in entrepreneurship for those with an engineering background. After Stanford, Armen took a product management role at Echelon Corporation, helping manage their "intelligent utility grid" solution from paper concept to hundreds of thousands of units shipped. After a close friend's diagnosis with a serious medical condition, Armen began creating online communities designed to sponsor hope through research and community. Witnessing the power of connecting people with a shared experience, and therefore common understanding, led to th...

Julio Vasconcellos is originally from Brazil, but grew up moving all over North and South America. Julio briefly settled in Philadelphia where he attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude with majors in finance and marketing. Julio then moved to New York to join strategy consulting firm Monitor Group. At Monitor, Julio focused on healthcare and on business content - and became Monitor's youngest Project Manager globally. Julio also worked to put together the business plan for an internal startup that became Monitor's business analytics and research group.
Following his tenure at Monitor Julio moved out West to attend business school at Stanford where he graduated in the summer of 2007. While at Stanford, Julio was actively involved with a number of startups in the digital media and mobile spaces and also worked to launch an education software company. Julio also launched/ iinnovate/, an interview series on entrepreneurship and innovation...

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Armen Berjikly, Founder and CEO of Experience Project, discusses how to build a start-up team, a task that he argues is critical for success. Berjikly suggests building a team of people with complementary skills by reaching out through personal networks and in some cases recruiters. On the other hand, he suggests that entrepreneurs avoid hiring from sites such as Craigslist or other sources where it is difficult to verify someone's skills.